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Victor Valley loses opener to RCC 52-31

RIVERSIDE – Last year the biggest problem for the Victor ValleyCollege football team was offense. That doesn’t look to be theproblem this year.

Freshman quarterback O’Ryan Bradley threw for 236 yards and theRams amassed 441 yards total offense but fell to host RiversideCommunity College Saturday at Wheelock Field in the 2008 debut forboth teams.

Victor Valley Coach Dave Hoover was not surprised with the numberssince his team looked much the same in last week’s scrimmage. Whilethey moved the ball successfully against a quality foe, they gave up359 yards.

“We didn’t play hard enough and we didn’t play physical enough,”Hoover said after addressing his team at midfield. “It was the firstcollege game for a lot of these guys and I don’t think theyunderstood the intensity you have to play it. I hope they know now.”

That doesn’t mean the winning side was completely satisfiedeither. Riverside’s Bill Brown wasn’t pleased with his defense or hisspecial teams as the Tigers missed four extra points.

“I wasn’t happy that we gave up 51 points and we have to work onour special teams,” he said. “We have some great athletes and we’regoing to make some plays. If we can iron out a few things, we shouldhave a chance at winning the conference.”

Victor Valley stuck with RCC early. It spotted the host team a7-0 lead with Redlands High graduate Coy Glass directing a 62-yarddrive on the team’s first possession that ended with a 36-yard tossto Travis Carter.

The Rams drew even on their ensuing possession, striking with thebig play as Bradley connected with Silverado product DeandreGlasper on a 70-yard pass play with Glasper hauling in the pass atthe Tigers 30 and racing the rest of the way.

The Rams took a 10-7 lead on a 39-yard field goal by AndrewParedes but that lead was short lived as RCC retaliated soon afterwith a drive of its own, this one ending with an 8-yard toss fromGlass to former high school teammate Corey Ham, giving the Tigersback a 13-10 lead.

Victor Valley’s second lead of the game came when O.C. Craigreturned a punt 36 yards for a touchdown to go up 17-13. But thatwould be its last advantage. RCC scored twice more before the end ofthe half, both times on scoring passes by Glass. His 4-yarder toWinston Hutchinson gave the Tigers a 20-17 edge and was the fourthlead change of the half.

A 29-yarder from Glass to Jacob Slouka with 2:45 left in the secondquarter made it 27-17 and the Rams were never within single digitsagain.

O’Bradley spread the ball out to nine different receivers with hisfavorite target being Glasper, who caught four passes for 74 yards.He also rushed for 47 on 11 tries. The biggest weapon in the groundgame was Ryan Sampson who who only had four carries but managed66yards.

“I am disappointed because I thought it was a winnable game,”Hoover said. “And it only gets tougher from here.”

Meanwhile Glass threw for 184 yards, evenly split among sevenreceivers. He threw five touchdowns without an interception.

The Tigers rushed for 175 yards, 156 of that by Cedric Foster.

Next week the Rams will host Palomar at 1 p.m. while the Tigerswill head to the neighboring county to renew their rivalry with SanBernardino Valley College at 6 p.m.